And, last week I forgot to add two items to the current haul of prizes (*slaps forehead*). So….in addition to all those listed in the post the winner will also receive…

Toy Theatre Kit of the Regency Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

A Toy Theatre Kit of the Regency Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk . This enchanting theatre is the sole surviving example of a Regency playhouse in this country, so once you have assembled the kit , you can envisage what it is like to stage plays there….who knows, you may even be tempted to put on your own version of Lovers Vows! (Oh, the scandal!)

And, finally a copy of the Cozy Classic version of Pride and Prejudice, by Jack and Holman Wang which the publishers were so kind as to send to me. I’ll be reviewing this within the next week too, so do look out for that!

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Austen Only is a year old today. Goodness, how time flies by when you are having fun! As many of you are aware, I’ve been writing about Jane Austen’s life and times on the internet for over ten years now and it was a very big step to set up on my own, publishing my own endeavour. I’m so glad however that that very frightening initial step was taken for I’ve really enjoyed sharing my vision of Jane with you all over the past 12 months.

Of course any solo endeavour is difficult to begin and sustain without encouragement and praise. And now I think this is the appropriate moment for me to thank some very important people, who have been tremendously encouraging over the past year.

Thanks also has to be given to Louise West Chief Eduction Officer and Curator of the Jane Austen House Museumwho has been a very supportive visitor to the site recommending it all and sundry, and also to Sheryl Craig of JASNA for her wonderful comments and constructive praise. I should also like to thank Professor Amanda Vickery for her gleeful encouragement, praise and generous sharing of information : its been fun talking about the Georgian era and gossiping with her this year.

And now a very special thank you to you, my readers, for it really wouldn’t be the same without you. I did wonder if anyone would come to visit me in my virtual library here, and, indeed, only 23 precious visitors came on that first day 12 months ago… but now you come in your tens of thousands each week, and in your hundreds of thousands over the year, you lovely individual unique visitors, you! You have borne with my typos, punctuation, dyslexia and paralysis like no other visitors in the world (to paraphrase Mr Knightley!)

I know some of you like to comment and thousands have done so, but…..I’d love it if more of you did. So to tempt you and as a thank you gift I would like to offer all the goodies below to one lucky commentator to this post. All you have to do within the next two weeks is to add a comment to this post and I will pick a winner from the commentators by Random Number Generator on Sunday 14th November. As you visit from all the four corners of this world, do note that the competition is open to any of you, where ever you are. It’s only fair, after all :) So please, even if you have not commented before, do so now,and an interesting package might be making its way to you ;-)

The prize on offer is all of the items shown below: 10 postcards reproduced from my collection of 18th/early 19th century prints….all with Jane Austen associations…

The Pump Room in Bath, Chatsworth, Jane Austen’s School in Reading, and Eton…

Plus, The Jane Austen Pocket Bible, a new and useful book,a guide to Jane Austen and her works by Holly Ivins, together with a beautifully illustrated book produced by The Jane Austen House Museum to commemorate the Bicentenary of Jane’s coming to live in Chawton in 1809.

The Threads of Feeling Song Book and CD of 18th Century Ballads as performed at the Foundling Museum

A Talking Book on Cassette of Elizabeth Jenkin’s biography of Jane Austen

Two early 19th century mother of pearl fish gaming counters as used by Lydia Bennet in Pride and Prejudice

and, as something in which to carry all this, a cotton shopper from the Jane Austen House Museum commemorating Jane Austen’s Bicentenary of coming to live in her Chawton home.

I hope many of you will join me in AustenOnly’s second year: amongst other things we shall be examining Jane’s History of England in detail, going to Stoneleigh and Newstead Abbeys, visiting more film locations and seeing some interesting productions, including one on the subject of Mrs Bennet’s nervous disorders! Do come along…it wouldn’t be the same without you :)

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